Golf-club.



B. [VI- KAYE.

GOLF CLUB.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2.51916.

Patented Apr. 17, 1917.

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- GOLF-CLUB.

Specification of Letters-Patent. 'Pa,1b mt q]1 A r 17 19 1?,

Application filed September 2, 1916. Serial No. 118,172.

To all whom it may concern! i Be it known that I', BENJAMIN M. KAYE, a citizenof the United-States, and a resident .of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Golf-Clubs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a golf club and a method of using the same, and particularly to a type of club adapted to beusedin practice andfor parlor golf or a like indoor golf game, and the object of this invention is to provide anfiarticle of this character adapt ed to be used indoors in executing practice strokes upon floors or carpets without injury to said floors or carpets. Another object of my invention is to provide an article of this character which will, when used as hereafter described, enablethe golfer to determine the nearness of his strokes to the ball or object aimed at. 4,

These and other objects'are attained by my invention, a more particular descriptlon of which will appear below.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in

5 WhiCll-- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the striking head of my improved golf club;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1, looking inthe direction of the arrows; and

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the striking head.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar reference characters designate similar parts.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention, as indicated in the accompanying drawing, 1 indicates the haft or handle as used upon an ordinary golf club. Secured to said haft 1 is the striking head'Q, in which my invention resides. posed of a portion of rigid material, such as metal, wood or thellike, and a portion of flexible and resilient material in a manner to be set forth.

The rigid portion of the head 2 is pro vided with the sleeve 3 which incloses the lower end of the haft 1, in the conventional manner andis secured thereto. Extending laterally from. the lower end of the sleeve 8 and preferably formed integral therewith, is a rigid extension 4. This extensions is embedded in a resilient and flexible material 6 such as soft rubber, although felt, leather Said head 2 is comor any other'like substance may be used with good results, so I do not restrict my invention to the use of rubber for the resilient portion of the striking head.

The lower half of the head 2 which is the portion of the head that contacts with the ball, and surface upon which it is resting, and which 'is apt to cause damage if it was formed of solid or rigid material, is formed of the resilient and flexible material 6, which material not only forms this portion of the head but incases the extension 4 as above described. The portion 4 adds rigidity to the head and the resilient portion 5 protects the head from doing damage to floors, carpets orthe like. I

'lVhile T have shown a striking head composed of a rigid portion. and a flexible and resilient portion, T do not restrict my invention thereto as my improved club can be unadewith an entirely resilient head if so desired. Neither do I restrict'my invention to the form or contour .of the striking head or to the method of embedding or incasing the rigid portion-within the flexible portion as the rigid portion can be secured to the flexible portion if desired by'pins or any other fastening means.

My new golf club; can be used in connection with balls made of pith, wool, cotton or some like light substance, The ball is generally placed or indicated upon a flat surface,

preferably a slate or the like, the surface of which has been previously chalked, whitened or covered with some marking, substance. When the stroke is made, the contact of the resilient portion of the striking head upon the coated surface of the slate erases the chalk or marking surface at that point," the nearness of the golfers stroke to the ball being indicated thereby.

While I have shown and described one embodiment of my invention, it is not to be restricted thereto but is broad enough to cover all structures coming within the scope of the annexed claims.

What I claim is 1. A golf club having a head of a flexible and resilient material.

2. A golf club having a head composed tpartly of a solid material and partly of a flexible and resilient material.

3. A golf club having a head with its lower half composed of a flexible and resilient material. a

a. A golf club having a head with its upper portion composed of a solid material and the lower portion of said head composed of a flexible and resilient material.

5. A golf club having a head, the upper portion of said head being composed of a solid material, the lower portion of said head being composed of a flexible and resilient material, saidupper solid portion be-. ing incased in said flexible and resilient-material.

6. A golf club having a haft, a head secured to the same, the upper portion of said head being of a solid material, said solid portion being incased with a flexible and resilient material, said flexible and resilient material extending below' said solid portionto form a resilient lower end for the head.

7. A golf club having a head the upper portion of said head being of rigidmaterial and the lower portion of said head being of flexible rubber or the like, said rubber incasing the upper rigid portion of .the head.

8. A golf club or the like comprising a head formed of a flexible material with a rigid extension from the haft of the club embedded withinthe head at its upper portion.

Signed at the city, county and State of 

